Hiring AI experts boosts bond, stock showing

Tech power: Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Companies least exposed to AI disruption, or those with a hiring ratio for AI experts that is well above the sector average, have outperformed. — Bloomberg

LONDON: Companies hiring more experts in artificial intelligence (AI) are seeing their stocks and bonds outperform this year, according to Barclays Plc. 

The bank looked at how many job postings a firm has seeking AI experts, as opposed to AI generalists, versus the median for their sector. It then compared the level of AI expert hires to the firms’ equity and credit returns in 2026.